Telephone tablet and arm-rest



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' J. S. GOLD.

TELEPHONE TABLET AND ARM REST.

No. 506,223. Patented 001;. 10, L893.

UNITED STATES PATENT Orrica.

JOSEPH S. GOLD, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

TELEPHONE TABLET AND ARM-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,223, dated October 10, 1893.

Application filed May 18 1892. Renewed March 9, 1893. Serial No. 465.348. (No model.)

i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH S. GOLD, of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Telephone Tablet and Arm-Rest; and I 'do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in combined telephone tablets and arm rests; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts which will be fully described hereinafter and particularly referred to in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a telephone tablet that is constructed to be attached to the battery box top of telephones, and made adjustable to fit different sizes, and which is also constructed to form a support for the left arm or elbow.

In the accompanying drawings:Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention applied to a telephone. Fig. 2 is a detached inverted perspective view of my invention.

A represents the top of an ordinary telephone battery box, and B, the shelf of the tablet. At the upper end of the shelf B is avertical partition 0, which has its lower edge slightly above the surface of the shelf. Placed upon the upper end of the shelf above this partition 0 will be a roll of paper, which will pass down over the shelf and under a knife D at its lower end, thus forming a tablet to write upon, when a message is being received. After the message is received the paper is pulled down and then cut off by the lower edge of the knife as will be readily understood.

Secured to the under side of the shelf B, by means of screws is a board or plate E which has its inner end projecting slightly beyond the inner edge of the said shelf, and this projecting edge of the board E has its upper face cut away as shown at F which forms a porjecting lip as shown that projects under the extending edge of the battery box lid.

A board or plate G has its inner edge secured to the upper inner edge of the shelf B,

the under side of the shelf, thus securing all three of the parts securely together at this point. This board G forms a combined supporting board for the tablet, and an arm rest for the left arm of the user, as will appear farther on.

Made in the outer end of the board G, (or support) is a longitudinal slot H, through which a bolt or screw J passes, after passing through a washer that rests upon the upper face of the support. The bolt or screwJ has its lower end passing through a block K, and has placed upon its lower screw threaded end a clamping thumb nut M, by means of which the block is securely held to the under side of the support in the desired adjusted position as will be understood. This block K has its inner upper edge cut away to form a projecting lip L, that extends under the adjacent projecting-edge of the battery box lid. Thus it will be seen that the lips F and L, together form a jaw by means of which the shelf and support are removably attached to the battery box lid. 'Bymeans of the adjustable block K, the support is adapted to be secured to battery box lids which vary in width, and which is a very essential feature, to adapt the tablet to be connected to all telephones. The support G is intentionally extended beyond the edge of the battery box top. for the purpose of forming asupport for the left arm or elbow of the user, which will be found very comfortable, when long messages are being taken.

By means of the above construction it will be seen that I produce a combined tablet support and arm rest for telephones which is very simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and adapted to be applied to battery boxes of various widths.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A telephone tablet comprising a shelf, for supporting the tablet orpaper, a plate se-' cured to the under side of its inner edge and provided with a projecting edge that rests against the under side of the battery box lid, a support having its inner end secured to the upper side of the shelf and resting upon and extending across the top of the battery box, and a block secured to the under side of the outer portion of the support which en gages the projecting edge of the battery box lid, substantially as specified.

52. A telephone tablet comprising a shelf for supporting a tablet, a plate secured to its under side which engages the projecting adjacent edge of the battery box lid, a support having its inner end secured to the upper side of the shelf and extending across the top of the battery box, and beyond its edge to form an arm rest, and a block secured to the under side of the said support that engages the adjacent projecting edge of the battery box lid, substantially as described.

3. A telephone tablet comprising a shelf, a

plate secured to its under side which engages the projecting adjacent edge of the battery box lid, a support having its inner end socured to the upper side of the shelf and extending across the said box top and provided with a longitudinal slot,a block at the under side of the said support that engages the adjacent edge of the battery box lid, and a clamp in g beltthat passes through the said slot and the block for securing the latter in the desired adjusted position, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J OSEPII S. GOLD. W'itnesses:

FLORIZEL SMITH, DAISY J. SwIoKAnn. 

